AP Pulitzer Prize Winning Photos

The Pulitzer Prize was established in 1917 by publisher Joseph Pulitzer to recognize outstanding achievement in journalism and is American journalism's most prestigious honor. The Associated Press has received 51 Pulitzer Prizes, includi ...
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The Pulitzer Prize was established in 1917 by publisher Joseph Pulitzer to recognize outstanding achievement in journalism and is American journalism's most prestigious honor. The Associated Press has received 51 Pulitzer Prizes, including 31 photo Pulitzers. The AP has been awarded Pulitzer Prizes in both photography categories: for Featured Photography and Breaking News Photography. AP's most current award was awarded to Rodrigo Abd, Manu Brabo, Khalil Hamra and Muhammed Muheisen in the 2013 breaking news photography category for their images of the Syrian Civil War.

WINNERS: 1943 Frank Noel, Photography, for a photo of a survivor of a torpedoed ship begging for water from his lifeboat.

1944 Frank Filan, Photography, for a photo of a destroyed Japanese bunker on the central Pacific atoll of Tarawa.

1945 Joe Rosenthal, Photography, for a picture of Marines raising the U.S. flag on Iwo Jima.

1947 Arnold Hardy, Photography, for his photo of a girl leaping to death in a hotel fire.

1951 Max Desfor, Photography, for a picture of Korean War refugees in flight over ruins of a Taedong River bridge.

1954 Mrs. Walter M. Schau, Photography, for a photo of a thrilling rescue in Redding, Calif.

1962 Paul Vathis, Photography, for a picture of President Kennedy and former President Eisenhower walking at Camp David following an unsuccessful 1961 Cuban invasion.

1965 Horst Faas, Photography, for photos from Vietnam.

1967 Jack Thornell, Photography, for a picture of James Meredith falling after being hit by a shotgun blast near Hernando, Miss.

1982 Ron Edmonds, Spot News Photography, for a series of pictures showing the attempted assassination of President Reagan.

1983 Bill Foley, Spot news Photography, for a series of pictures of victims and survivors of the massacre of Palestinians in a refugee camp in Beirut.

1991 Greg Marinovich, Spot News Photography, for a series of pictures showing the brutal killing of a man believed to be a Zulu Inkatha supporter in South Africa.

1992 Olga Shalygin, Liu Heung Shing, Czarek Sokolowski, Boris Yurchenko and Alexander Zemlianichenko, Spot News Photography, for a series of pictures on the attempted coup in the Soviet Union and the collapse of the Communist regime.

1996 Charles Porter IV, Spot News Photography, for his photo of a fireman cradling an infant victim of the Oklahoma City bombing.

1997 Alexander Zemlianichenko, Feature Photography, for his photo of Russian President Boris Yeltsin dancing at a rock concert in Rostov before elections.

1999 Sayyid Azim, Jean-Marc Bouju, Dave Caulkin, Brennan Linsley, John McConnico and Khalil Senosi, Spot News Photography, for a series of pictures after the U.S. Embassy bombings in Kenya and Tanzania.

2007 Oded Balilty, Breaking News Photography, for his photo of a Jewish settler struggling with an Israeli security officer during a clash that erupted as authorities evacuated the West Bank settlement outpost of Amona.

2013 Rodrigo Abd, Manu Brabo, Narciso Contreras, Khalil Hamra and Muhammed Muheisen for breaking news photography as seen in gripping images of the Syrian civil war. Learn more about the winners and their photography.